H2371 H2371
Hazael; proper name of the Aramean king of Damascus who oppressed Israel during the mid-9th century BCE.
A proper noun meaning 'God sees' (from Aramaic/Assyrian Ḫazaʾilu), designating the powerful king of Damascus who rose to power by assassinating Ben-Hadad (2 Kgs 8:15). Elijah was first commanded to anoint him (1 Kgs 19:15), and Elisha wept foreseeing the devastation Hazael would bring upon Israel (2 Kgs 8:11-12). His military campaigns ravaged Israel's Transjordanian territories under Jehu (2 Kgs 10:32) and pressed westward to threaten Jerusalem, bought off only by temple gold (2 Kgs 12:17-18). Amos prophesies fire upon 'the house of Hazael' (Amos 1:4), turning the personal name into a byword for Aramean aggression.
Senses
1. Hazael (proper name) — The personal name Hazael, the Aramean king of Damascus (mid-9th century BCE) who seized the throne by regicide (2 Kgs 8:15), ravaged Israel's territories (2 Kgs 10:32; 13:3, 22), and threatened Judah (2 Kgs 12:17-18). Transliterations vary — English 'Hazael,' Spanish 'Jazael,' French 'Hazaël' — but all identify the same figure. 23×
AR["حَزائيل", "حَزائيلَ", "حَزائيلُ", "حَزَائِيلَ", "حَزَائِيلُ"]·ben["হজায়েল", "হজায়েলকে", "হজায়েলের", "হসায়েল", "হসায়েলের", "হাসায়েলকে", "হাসায়েলের"]·DE["Chazael", "Hazael", "[חזאל]"]·EN["Chazael", "Hazael", "Khazael"]·FR["Chazael", "Hazaël", "[חזאל]"]·heb["חזאל"]·HI["खज़ाएल", "खज़ाएल-के", "खज़ाएल-ने", "खजाएल", "हज़ाएल-के", "हजाएल", "हजाएल-की", "हजाएल-को"]·ID["-Hazael", "Hazael"]·IT["Chazael", "Hazael", "[חזאל]"]·jav["Hazael", "Hazaèl"]·KO["하사엘", "하사엘-의", "하사엘과", "하사엘에게", "하사엘을", "하사엘의", "하사엘이"]·PT["Chaza'el", "Chazael", "Hazael"]·RU["Азаила", "Хазаэл", "Хазаэла", "Хазаэлем", "Хазаэль", "Хазаэлю", "Хазаэля"]·ES["Hazael", "Jazael"]·SW["Hazaeli"]·TR["Hazael", "Hazael'i", "Hazael'in"]·urd["حزائیل", "حزائیل-نے", "حزائیل-کی", "حزائیل-کے"]
1 Kgs 19:15, 1 Kgs 19:17, 2 Kgs 8:8, 2 Kgs 8:9, 2 Kgs 8:12, 2 Kgs 8:13, 2 Kgs 8:15, 2 Kgs 8:28, 2 Kgs 8:29, 2 Kgs 9:14, 2 Kgs 9:15, 2 Kgs 10:32 (+11 more)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† חֲזָהאֵל n.pr.m. (Ēl sees; Assyrian Ḫazaʾilu COT Gloss) king of Aramaic 2 K 8:8, 13, 15, v 29 = 2 Ch 22:6; contr. חֲזָאֵל 1 K 19:15, 17 2 K 8:9, 12, v 28 = 2 Ch 22:5, 2 K 9:14, 15; 10:32; 12:18(×2), 19; 13:3(×2), 22, 24, 25; בֵּית חֲזָאֵל Am 1:4.